MSN First National ISP To Offer Nortel Networks' Internet Call Waiting Service.Under an agreement with Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony Corp., Microsoft Corp. will provide its MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). customers across the country with Nortel Networks' Internet call waiting Internet Call Waiting is a technology that allows you to accept incoming calls while connected to a 56k Internet dialup connection. While online, a software application displays users the Caller ID of the incoming call, and gives users the opportunity to screen the incoming (ICW ICW - Interactive CourseWare ) service. With ICW, users can take advantage of traditional call waiting and caller ID services via the Web, meaning that while online they can identify who is calling and manage the call without losing their Internet connection. International Data Corp. forecasts 21.6 million households will subscribe to Internet call waiting services by 2003. There is no activation fee for the service. Monthly fees ranges from $4.95 to $5.95, depending on location. To use MSN ICW, users need the call forward busy service, which can be activated by local telephone companies for a small extra monthly charge. |
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